SNP under attack over pensions move

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The Scottish administration provoked anger north of the Border last night after it emerged that taxpayers will be forced to foot the bill for a decision to continue to overpay thousands of public sector pensioners.

Opposition politicians branded the plans not to correct the payments as irresponsible. Holyrood's stance is at odds with the decision by the UK Government to correct the payments from next year.

It is estimated that 95,000 pensioners, of whom about 10,000 are Scottish, are affected by the pension blunder which has resulted in civil servants, teachers, NHS workers, judicial and armed services personnel receiving about